JACKSONVILLE — It’s was a good week for Ceolamar Ways and another good finish for Nick Uruburu.

Sound familiar?

In a star-studded field at the 49th annual Bob Hayes Invitational track and field meet, Ways and Uruburu turned in yet another memorable chapter in their ongoing tug-of-war for top sprinter in the county honors.

Ways turned in two personal-best times on Saturday at Raines High School, clocking a wind-aided 10.42 to finish third in the 100, and then turning back Bartram Trail’s Uruburu in a classic 400 that went down to the last steps in front of a packed crowd.

Uruburu wasn’t done, though, saving his best for last and running a blistering anchor leg in the 4X400 relay to deliver a runner-up finish to the Bears.

Uruburu, the reigning state champion in the 400, started his kick about 250 meters, surging from fifth to first in just seconds. Ways’ approach wasn’t as dramatic, gaining steps on Uruburu until catching him with 70 to go. The whole time, Ways said, he kept telling himself not to let Uruburu’s lead affect him.

They came down the frontstretch shoulder to shoulder for 40 meters in front of a crowd on its feet. Ways finally nudged ahead in the final steps. His wind-aided 47.01 is the nation’s fastest by nearly a half-second.

“It was nice to have (the win),” said Ways, who was coming off of a win in the 200 at the New Balance National Indoors on March 9. “Nick’s a great competitor. I knew he would push really hard and we’d both have fast times. It was nice to win. I knew where Nick was going to kick. I knew I had to be patient and hold my kick if I wanted to beat him.”

That was far from the last that the crowd saw of Uruburu.

The Record’s top athlete last year, Uruburu, who also finished fourth in a star-studded 200 field, clocked another sterling anchor leg in the boys 4X400 relay.

He closed a sizable deficit on turn three and grabbed the lead for good around the final turn for a 3:21.49 that gave Bartram a runner-up finish. It was the highest placement by a team from the First Coast.

If the finish sounded familiar, it should. Uruburu erased a huge deficit on the final leg of the 4X400 at the Class 3A state championship meet last spring, leading Bartram to the state championship.

In other results, St. Augustine’s Noah Kemp ran the 1,600 in 4:23.33 to win the event in front of Lee’s Rayford James (4:28.12).